تازی

See also: باری, بازی, بارى, باري, and تازى

Persian

Dari	تازی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тозӣ

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.ˈziː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.zíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.zí]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāzī
Dari reading?	tāzī
Iranian reading?	tâzi
Tajik reading?	tozī

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāzīg, “Arab”), from Arabic طَيِّء (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ (Ṭayyāyāʾ, “Arab”).

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân) or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Arab
2. (archaic) Arabian horse

Adjective

تازی • (tâzi)

1. Arab
   • 1957, Zarrinkub, Do Qarn Sokut. p. 125.

     نهضت خون‌آلود و گرم و سوزان او که بیش از هفتاد روز طول نکشید برای کسانیکه پس از او برضد ستمکاران تازی قیام کردند سرمشق زنده‌یی بود.

     Nahzat-e xun-âlud o garm o suzân-e u ke biš az haftâd ruz tul nakešid barâye kasânike pas az u bar-zedde setamkârân-e Tâzi qiyâm kardand sar-e-mašq-e zene-yi bud.
     His [Sinbad the Magus] bloody, heart-rending movement, which didn't last more than seventy days, was a good role model for those who rose up against the Arab oppressors after him.

2. Arabic

Usage notes

The term may be offensive to Arabs.

Synonyms

• (Arab): عرب ('arab)
• (Arabic): عربی ('arabi)

Derived terms

• تازیکاندن (tâzikândan)
• اسب تازی (asb-e tâzi)

Related terms

• تازیک (tâzik)
• تازک (tâzek)
• تاجیک (tâjik)
• تاژیک (tâžik)
• تات (tât)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “swift, fast”).

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân) or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

1. a dog breed

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: թազի (tʻazi)

Etymology 3

تاز (tâz) +‎ ـی (i)

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân) or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

1. invader

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تازی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• B.G. Franger. "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam. vol. X. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000. →ISBN.